多伦多大学的德语教学可以追溯到1840年代，因此几乎与大学本身一样古老。日耳曼语言文学系授予研究生学位已有100多年的历史，尽管自1912年获得第一位博士学位以来，情况发生了很大变化，但该系一直在国际上保持着强大的地位。在过去的二十年中，该研究生课程建立了特别富有成果的星座，包括后殖民/殖民研究，文学和哲学，跨国研究和电影研究。为将来作为该领域的领导者做准备，研究生还接受了语言教学和课程开发方面的培训。该系是北美洲为数不多的从中世纪到现在覆盖整个德国文学和文化范围的部门之一。自2013年以来，该系提供了难
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto is the oldest and largest department of German in Canada. In addition to the department's traditional strength in literary and intellectual history, faculty and students are conducting research in German cinema, critical theory, language pedagogy, medieval studies, travel literature, as well as postcolonial, psychoanalytic, and transnational studies.<br><br>The PhD program in Germanic Literature, Culture, and Theory is taken on a full-time basis and is fully funded for five years. The curriculum engages debates and questions salient to the discipline of German Studies while also forging generative ties with other disciplines to facilitate a synthesis of history and theory, textual analysis, and cultural study. Students have the option to concurrently enrol in one of the collaborative specializations at U of T, such as Women and Gender Studies, Jewish Studies, Transnational and Diaspora Studies, or Book History and Print Culture. This also requires registration in their respective core course(s).<br><br>Applicants may enter the PhD program via one of two routes: 1) following completion of an appropriate master's degree or 2) direct entry following completion of an appropriate bachelor's degree.